Sarah Leonard

Sarah Leonard is a Managing Director within the private credit and special situations team at Bain Capital. She joined the global alternative investment firm in 2017 and has since dedicated her practice to executing complex special situations investing strategies. Prior to her current position, Leonard worked as an Investment Banking Associate at Houlihan Lokey, where she specifically covered corporate clients operating within the consumer sector. Earlier in her career, she served as an Investment Banking Associate at Credit Suisse, focusing her advisory work on the financial institutions sector. Leonard earned a Master of Business Administration from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University and a Bachelor of Arts from Boston College. Her professional background centers on executing specialized credit investments and providing strategic financial advisory services across both the consumer and financial institution markets.